Rev. 4:1 After this, (having shown me the sociological
development of the seven church stages), I looked, and, behold, a door (of understanding) was opened in heaven (within my mind):

and the first voice which I heard was, as it were, of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I
will show thee things, (various insights), which must be
hereafter, (after the formation of the seventh church, Laodicea, in the New Age of Information yet to come).

Rev. 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit (of deep thought): and, behold, the throne (i.e.; the scriptures, itself),
was set in heaven, (my mind, full of thoughts: [Luke 17:21]), and one sat on the throne,(Almighty Reality]).

Rev. 4:3 And he that sat, (Almighty Reality), was to look upon like a jasper stone, (The last stone in the breastplate:
[Ex 28:17-20]), and a sardine stone, (a gem of a blood-red colour, The First stone in the breastplate: [Ex 28:17-20]): and
there was a rainbow (of the seven Catholic Epistles) round about the throne (of the Bible), in sight, like unto an emerald.

Rev. 4:4 And round about the throne, (the Scriptures), were four and twenty seats, (one for each author of the 24 books
of the Jewish Old Testament): and upon the seats, (these 24 books), I saw four and twenty elders, (the voice of their words),
sitting, clothed in (white pages of writings), white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold, (the symbol of spiritual
enlightenment).

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Rev. 4:5 And out of the throne (of the Scriptures)
proceded lightnings (of divine revelations) and thunderings (of criticism), and
voices (of the Elders): and there were seven lamps of fire
burning before the throne, (the Menorah), which are the seven
(Archetypal Freudian) Spirits of God, (the immanent image
of God, the son of God within the kingdom of the Homoiousian Mind).

In Exodus 28, we read of these stones in the breastplate of the high priest. The Sardius (the blood-red) stone having to do
with Reuben is mentioned first, and the Jasper stone last. Revelation 4 speaks first of the Jasper stone--the clear white
stone of Benjamin. This is not to be taken lightly. There is a definite reason for reversing of the stones, putting the first
last, and the last first.

The Sardius was blood-red, speaking of the sacrifice of blood, pointing to the cross and the first coming of Jesus to
shed His blood for the remission of sin. The name is derived from two Hebrew words meaning 'behold the Son.' It pointed to
the person of whom John the Baptist said, 'Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world' (John 1:29). It
also tells us that He (the Lord Jesus) was the first born of every creature, and the first begotten--the ONLY begotten--son
of God (John 3:16).

Testament breastplate, represented Benjamin. This was a clear stone, speaking of total victory. On the Jasper stone was
Benjamin's name, which is a combination of two Hebrew words (BEN and JAMIN), so scholars tell us, meaning 'the son of my right
hand'...or, as one authority puts it, 'the son of my power.' The first and last stones pointed forward to the first and second
coming of the great High Priest--none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.